*Chelsea's POV*
Since Halloween was only a week away, Brandon and I collaborated on a couple's costume to wear for the Hawks annual Costume Party. After an argument or two, we finally settled on TinkerBell and Peter Pan. With me being as pregnant as I am, I hoped the costume would fit right, considering my stomach started to grow a bit more since the ultrasound visit.
When the costume actually did arrive, as we had to order them online, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that my costume did in fact fit me. Quite perfectly too. Once the actual party date came up, Brandon came over to get ready with me. After putting my little fairy wings, I opened the bathroom door and stepped out to reveal myself to Brandon.
"So, how do I look?" I ask, spinning around to show off the entire costume.
"You're the most beautiful fairy I've ever laid eyes on." Brandon replies cheesily, a cheesy smile to match.
"Just go get your tights on Peter Pan." I retort, sticking my tongue out in a childish manner as he walks past me.
"Whatever you say Tink." Brandon states, winking at me as he closes the bathroom door.
I hear him having a few difficulties getting the tights on, and I can't help but laugh silently to myself. Now he knows the struggle us girls have when we try to put tights on. Skinny jeans too, how could I forget those. I haven't been able to wear skinny jeans for a while now, most of my jeans didn't fit me anymore actually. Britt and I had to go maternity clothes shopping last week, considering I was down to leggings and yoga pants. Even some of my tops didn't fit anymore. That part was okay though, I have plenty of loose fitting tops, but I do love my skintight ones as well. They showed off my figure so nicely.
After what seems like forever, Brandon slowly opens the door. Just as he's opening the bathroom door though, Andrew and Brittany walk in through my bedroom door. Motioning for Andrew and Brittany to stay quiet, I turn my attention back to Brandon as he comes out of the bathroom awkwardly. I have to admit, his costume originally came with loose fitting pants, but I decided to switch them for some tights. Peter Pan didn't wear loose pants in the first place, but Brandon didn't have to know that little detail.
As they aren't able to contain themselves anymore, Britt and Andrew burst out laughing. Not being able to help myself, I join in the laughing as Brandon turns a bright shade of red.
"It isn't funny." Brandon mutters, looking down at the ground.
Getting up off the bed I walk over to him, wrapping an arm around his broad shoulders.
"Chin up buttercup!" I trill, grasping his chin in my other hand.
Smiling, he removes my hand from his chin, leaning down a bit to plant a soft kiss on my lips. If Britt and Andrew weren't in the room, it might have progressed farther than just a soft, innocent kiss. Breaking the kiss, I feel the heat rising in my cheeks.
"So you two lovebirds ready to go?" Andrew asks, winking at Brandon.
"Shut up Andrew." Brandon mutters, looking towards Britt and Andrew for the first time. His eyes seemed like they were going to pop out of their sockets when he saw Britt's costume. It was quite revealing, and usually she dressed quite conservatively around him.
"It's just a costume Branny. Calm yourself." Britt tells him, crossing her arms across her chest, the fake bloody axe hanging loosely from her hand. "Besides, you're wearing tights, your argument is invalid at this time."
I giggle at her comment, which causes Brandon to nudge me in the side.
"Just have fun tonight Brandon. Just because Britt looks drop dead sexy, doesn't mean anything." I assure him, laughing at my own pun. Andrew laughed too, so I guess that wasn't a total fail at me trying to be funny.
"She always looks se-erm beautiful to me." Andrew states, placing his hands on her hips and placing a kiss on her cheek. That only causes me to laugh more, for some odd reason I was in a very good mood. I'm not complaining though, that only meant the rest of tonight would be a lot of fun.
As well all pile into Andrews car, I make sure that I have the right purse with me. I already knew I would probably have to be the designated driver for tonight. The party just so happened to be at my brothers house, so I knew there would be plenty of good quality alcohol available. Although, most of the guys on the team have children now, so I don't think many of the guys will be drinking too much.
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After greeting everyone and meeting a few people that Stacey knew, everyone was all around mingling with each other. As I'm sitting on one of the couches, Patrick Sharp's wife, Abby, joined me along with their daughters Sadie and Mady. Sadie was dressed up as a lady-bug and Mady was dressed up as a little bumblebee. Abby was dressed up as a butterfly. I could only wonder what Patrick was dressed up as. Shaking my head at that thought, I dimiss it as well. I'd find out whenever I managed to see him.
"So Chelsea, Patrick, your brother Patrick, tells me you're expecting a baby soon! Are you excited?" Abby asks, looking down at Sadie and smiling before looking back up towards me.
"A little, I'm more nervous than anything else though." I admit, blushing slightly.
"Oh hunny, you'll be fine! I've done it twice now!" Abby says reassuringly. "Do you want to hold Sadie? She's being a good little girl tonight."
"S-sure." I stutter, I haven't exactly held a baby in a while, and I didn't want to hurt Sadie. Although, I felt like I wouldn't hurt Sadie, it was just my nerves taking over my thoughts at this point. As Abby hands Sadie over to me, she gently places her warm little body in my awkwardly cradled arms.
"You'll be fine." Abby reiterates, fixing the postition of my arms a bit as Mady climbs into her lap.
"How did you get so lucky to have two beautiful little girls?" I ask in slight awe. Sadie was just so adorable, same with Mady.
"Good genes? I don't know, it's all from me of course. Don't let Patrick fool you." Abby teases, chuckling as Brandon wanders over towards us.
"Is this our new baby? She's perfect." Brandon jokes, sitting on the arm of the couch. "I can't wait until we have ours." He adds, kissing me on the top of my head.
"Yeah sorry Brandon, you'll have to deal with Daddy Sharp if you try to take her." Abby teases right back. "That's so sweet that you're excited. You guys make such a great couple." Abby says with a smile.
"Thanks Abby." I say, not taking my eyes off of Sadie. She made the cutest faces. I glanced up once, and I definitely noticed the look on Brandon's face as well. It made me anxious for our baby to be born. That was one more thing that made him even more attractive, and appealing to me. I'd always wanted a caring, family man in my life.
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After spending a few more hours at my brothers party, I decided it was time to go. I had talked to some more of the other player's wives and girlfriends. We mostly talked about babies, and names we had picked out. As I figured though, the other three had enough to drink. Andrew handed over his keys earlier in the night, so I was set. Saying goodbye to the girls, finding the Sharps and telling them goodbye, my last stop to was tell Patrick and Stacey goodbye and that the party was fun. It was hard to locate them, but I found them eventually.
The drive home was rather interesting. Brittany had never drank this much before, and she was pretty hilarious drunk. Brandon didn't seem to think so, but Andrew and I did. Andrew was pretty funny as well. Brandon didn't drink too much so he was pretty normal.
Getting them back up to the apartment wasn't much of a challenge. I made Andrew sleep on the couch though. No funny business was going on tonight. Especially drunk funny business. Look where that got Brandon and I. We're accepting what happened though, but I just didn't want that to happen to Brittany. Yeah, her and Andrew were engaged. They weren't planning on getting married for at least a six to ten months though. With Brandon's help, I got Brittany to bed easily.
When Brandon and I managed to get in bed, it was already two in the morning. I could hear Andrew snoring in the living room, and it made me laugh.
"What's so funny?" Brandon asks, climing in to bed and laying down next to me.
"I can hear Andrew snoring in the other room." I reply, yawning widely.
"He never usually snores." Brandon states groggily.
I shrug my shoulders, scooting closer to Brandon. As we get comfortable, he places his hand on my slightly round stomach. It couldn't feel more right like this. Everything was going good, and it felt perfect. Maybe it was because I was so tired I was lucid dreaming, I couldn't be too sure, I feel like Brandon told me he actually loved me. It had to have been a lucid dream, but then again, maybe it wasn't. Although, maybe he planned for it to be like that. Too much thinking for a tired, expectant woman.
All I knew was, if he really does feel that way. Hopefully he'd tell me again, but next time when I'm wide awake and will say it back without having to wonder if I was dreaming or not.

Notes

Hey guys! I'm updating more frequently! Isn't it nice? Haha. So far, I'm keeping up with my resolution of updating more often. I realize it is really late and all, but I always seem to update late at night. It never fails. The next chapter will skip to November, a week before Thanksgiving, then Thanksgiving. I want to get to Christmas, while I still feel a bit of that Christmas spirit. I don't like skipping around too much though, as I'm skipping over a few weeks at a time right now. That's okay though, I have big plans for the few Christmas chapters! A wedding is involved! Take a guess at who's wedding it is in the comments. It'll show me whose actually keeping up with the fanfic. I'm kidding, there's only three couples engaged and only two that I've really talked about with a set date. If you enjoyed the chapter, don't forget to vote and comment! Your comment can be about anything, if you have any tips for me, any suggestions, baby names to take into consideration, what you liked about the chapter, just to say it was cute, anything! I love seeing comments, and replying to them! I know I didn't really mention Jonathan or Sophia in this chapter but they were dressed up as the more modern Wolverine and Black Widow. Andrew and Britt were both Chucky, but Britt was Sexy Mrs. Chucky. Patrick and Stacey were Jack Skellington and Sally from A Nightmare Before Christmas. Last but not least, Brandon and Chelsea were, obvs, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell. I hope you enjoyed!
- Kara (: